“Hey, that’s great. A start for you, anyway, huh?”
“It will be better than taking off for Tucson or Tempe. Much better than Harvard or Stanford, like Grandma suggested. Oh, I know she meant well, but she doesn’t really know me. “
“Maybe you ought to go see her.” There, he’d choked the words out. What would she say?
“I will, in time. She said I was always welcome and when I have some, to bring my kids. Guess I better go. I’ll see you in a day or two.”
He had to keep her there a few more minutes, just so he could look at her, inhale her unique scent, hear the happiness in her voice, even if he was left out of the things putting it there.
“How is Berne doing?”
“He’s getting better but very slowly. I don’t think he’ll ever ride or work again. As to the changes, I think he’s accepting, ma
